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Famous Earthrise photo taken on Christmas Eve – EarthSky
A Christmas Eve photograph showed humans their home world from a whole new perspective. This is the photo that’s said to have launched the environmental movement….
December 24, 1968, from the crew of Apollo 8. Isnt it beautiful? Its not really an Earthrise, of course. As seen from any one spot on the moons near side, Earth doesnt rise or set, but simply hangs in one spot in the lunar sky. The astronauts saw Earth rise because they were moving in a spacecraft above the moons surface.
On Christmas Eve in 1968, William Anders, aboard the Apollo 8 spacecraft, turned his camera toward Earth and took this photo that is now legendary. It was a photo that showed humans…
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